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| CONQUEST SHUTS DOWN |
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Conquest Vacations shuts down tour operations as of Apr. 15, 2009
Conquest Vacations yesterday announced the shutdown of its tour operations, effective immediately. The tour operator has closed down after 37 years in business. A statement issued by the company said of their decision to cease operations, “Unfortunately this has been a result of overcapacity and price war among the major tour operators, unrealistic and unreasonable demands by the credit card processing companies, credit squeeze and economic turmoil in recent months making it impossible for companies like Conquest to continue in business even after weathering many storms over the past 37 years.” Keep reading to learn more.
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| HONG KONG'S NEW APPOINTMENTS |
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board announces two new appointments to Toronto office; Michael Lim and Yuen Kan Wong
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| Michael Lim | | The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has announced two new appointments within their Toronto office. Michael Lim has been appointed Director – Canada, Central & South Americas and has already assumed responsibility for managing and overseeing the promotion of Hong Kong for business and leisure travels in those markets. Joining Lim and the other staff members in the Toronto office is Yuen Kan Wong, recently appointed as Marketing Manager. In this role, Wong will support the director to promote Hong Kong to the travel trade, consumer, corporate, convention and incentive travel markets in Canada, Central and South America.
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| SUNQUEST: $100 OFF FOR CONQUEST CUSTOMERS |
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Sunquest is offering $100 off to your clients affected by Conquest closure
With the news of Conquest’s closure, Sunquest is offering your affected clients a special discount of $100 per person off the current Sunquest rate with proof of their Conquest vacation purchase, provided the booking is made by Apr. 25, 2009. Michael Friisdahl, CEO for Thomas Cook North America, said, “We are directing people to contact their travel agents to make alternate arrangements with Sunquest for their trips and have put extra people on the phone lines in our call centres and have extended our call centre hours to accommodate as many requests as possible.” Agents booking on GDS or via the web should call into Sunquest’s call centre to have the price adjusted to reflect the $100 offer. This too must be done by Apr. 25, 2009. Read on for more information about group offers.
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| SUNQUEST PUTS A RING ON IT |
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Sunquest launches 2009-2010 Weddings & Honeymoons brochure earlier then ever before
The latest edition of Sunquest’s Weddings & Honeymoons brochure is now available. Sunquest has released this brochure earlier than ever before in order to help your clients get a head start on planning their dream wedding. Inside the pages of this brochure, your clients will find the following: a ‘Weddings At A Glance’ chart that provides information on the free and/or standard wedding packages detailed in this brochure; details on RIU’s Wedding & Renewal of Vows packages, including the free wedding packages at nine RIU resorts; destination information; Sunquest’s top resort picks for weddings, listed by destination; contact information for the wedding coordinators at the various resorts; and more.
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| ACV AGENTS CAN WIN UK TRIP |
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Agents booking Air & Hotel packages to London have a chance to win a trip there with ACV
Air Canada Vacations is giving agents booking Air & Hotel packages to London a chance to win a trip for themselves. With every booking of an Air Canada Vacations Air & Hotel package to London, agents will be automatically entered to win roundtrip airfare for two to London and a three-night stay at Novotel London Paddington. Agents registered for the ACV & Me Rewards program will earn 100 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per passenger of an Air & Hotel package to London, doubling the miles earned per passenger of an Air & Hotel booking. To be eligible, bookings must be made between April 15 and May 15, inclusively. Keep reading for more.
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| AA PARENT LOSES $375M |
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American Airlines parent AMR Corp. lost US$375 million in the first quarter as people flew less this year than they did a year ago, and officials said May and June bookings look like more of the same. Still, the loss reported Wednesday was much smaller than Wall Street expected. Even though it cut flights, American's planes were not as full. Corporate travel was especially weak and revenue tumbled 15 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2008, wiping out the airline's gain from cheaper fuel.
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| WINDSTAR’S NEW SEASON |
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Windstar announces 2010-2011 season; 10 new ports; new itineraries and more
Windstar Cruises has released its 2010 and Winter 2011 season with new itineraries, additional sought-after ports, and a brand new Signature Collection line-up. New ports for 2010 and 2011 include Cagliari, Italy; Carloforto, Isola di San Pietro, Italy; Le Lavendou, France; Pylos, Greece; Zakynthos, Greece; Opatija, Croatia; Trogir, Croatia; Bastia, Corsica; Falmouth, Antigua; and Palau, Italy. In the fall of 2010, after round-trip sailings from St. Thomas in January through March, Wind Spirit will begin a new sailing round-trip out of St. Martin. This new sailing includes some afternoon disembarkations to allow more daylight sailing time and evenings in port.
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| INDIA TOURISM’S NEW RIDE |
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India Tourism unveils new mobile advertising campaign
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| Harry Francis, Surendra Arora, Ronjon Lahiri, S.M. Gavai, Preeti Saran, Vibhava Tripathi, Ram Kolipakam | | India Tourism has launched their 2009 mobile advertising campaign, complete with a Mini Cooper car decorated with ‘Incredible India’ insignia and visuals, as well as two Airport Express buses covered with iconic images of the country. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at the Novotel Hotel Toronto, with representatives from India Tourism and Air India, as well as His Excellency Shashishekhar M. Gavai, the High Commissioner for India to Canada and Preeti Saran, the Consul General of India. High Commissioner Gawai said that India is one of the fastest-growing destinations in the world, and his country is experiencing 5 per cent growth in tourism each year, but this figure is “barely scratching the surface” of what is possible.
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